Noida traffic police on Thursday created a green corridor to ferry a critically injured patient battling for his life from Noida’s Kailash Hospital to Apollo Hospital, Delhi.
A vehicle and a police motorcyclist escorted an ambulance of Kailash Hospital which ferried Prashant Mishra (30) in just 12 minutes to Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, Delhi.
Officials of all traffic police chowkies, that fall on the route, were alerted. An ASP-level officer Gaurav Grover monitored the operation on the ground and piloted the ambulance.
“An accident patient was admitted in Noida hospital and his family member had sougted help to ferry him under emergency with a traffic-free path around 11 am.” ASP Gaurav Grover said.
The ambulance started from Sector-27, Noida at 11.45 am and reached Apollo Hospital at 11.57 am, officials said. The ambulance took the Great India Palace road and then reached Delhi via Mahamaya flyover, Kalindikunj route. Noida police covered the stretch in just 12 minutes.
The patient, a resident of Sector 100 Boulevard society was injured in a road accident.